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The Energy Regulator Pushes Portugal's Cheap Overnight Electricity Window Back Half an Hour for 2027

The Energy Regulator Pushes Portugal's Cheap Overnight Electricity Window Back Half an Hour for 2027

Households that have rearranged their laundry, dishwashing and electric-car charging around Portugal's cheaper overnight electricity are about to lose thirty minutes of it. ERSE (Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos —...

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

The Sines refinery and industrial-port complex in Portugal, with flare stacks, chimneys and gantry cranes against the sky

Portugal Opens Just EUR30 Million of a Promised EUR100 Million for Its Energy-Hungry Factories

Portugal has opened only EUR30 million - down from EUR50 million last year - of the EUR100 million promised to help energy-intensive factories with EU carbon costs passed through in their electricity bills, leaving Portuguese industry near the bottom of Europe's support league.

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

Rows of servers glowing with blue indicator lights inside a data centre

Azambuja Council Withholds Fast-Track Status From Neoen's €2 Billion Data-Centre Plan

Azambuja's council issued an unfavourable opinion on granting PIN (Project of National Interest) status to Neoen's EUR2 billion Azambuja DC data centre, citing missing environmental studies and infrastructure strain. The label is not a building permit, but losing local backing lengthens the road for

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

Rows of blue photovoltaic solar panels on a green hillside at a solar power plant in Portugal

Bondalti Completes a €76 Million Clean-Energy Overhaul of Its Estarreja Chemical Plant

Bondalti, Portugal's largest chemicals group, has finished its 76-million-euro REPower project at the Estarreja Chemical Complex — solar parks, a pioneering industrial battery and electric steam boilers that together cut about 36,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. A third came from the PRR.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

The Sines oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Portugal, with tall chimneys and flare stacks burning against a blue sky above green pine woodland

Portugal Revives a Windfall Levy on Oil Refiners as Galp's First-Half Profit Jumps 44 Percent

The Council of Ministers has approved a Temporary Solidarity Contribution on the oil sector, a windfall-style levy on refiners' profits that run far above normal years. It arrives as Galp posts an €812 million first-half profit, up 44 percent, with Brussels' approval secured back in April.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jul 2026

An aerial view of Porto and the Douro river with the arched Arrábida bridge in the foreground

Household Waste Edges Up 1.9% Across Greater Porto as Lipor Turns 186,000 Tonnes Into Electricity

Total waste rose 1.9% across the eight municipalities Lipor serves in Greater Porto in the first half of 2026. The service sent 185,768 tonnes to energy recovery, generating 81,483 MWh for the grid — progress against landfill, but a sign of how much is still discarded.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jul 2026

A row of white wind turbines on green hills above a Portuguese village, with farmland in the foreground

EDP's Renewables Arm Doubles Its Half-Year Profit to €184 Million, Carried by the United States

EDP Renováveis reported net profit of €184m for the first half of 2026, up from €93m a year earlier, as EBITDA rose 11% to €1,057m and the United States alone contributed 62% of it. CEO Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade says 70% of the group's growth targets through 2028 are already secured.

The Portugal Brief 29 Jul 2026

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